Masters Student Biography Born in Southern California, I moved to Evanston, IL to attend Northwestern University for a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. As an undergraduate, I worked with Engineers for a Sustainable World in small-scale wind energy projects that combined my interests in sustainable development and technical design. After graduation, I entered into an […]
Under Graduate Student Research Interests Fluid mechanics | Aerodynamics | Structural analysis in Wind turbines| Aeroelasticity | Flow control [divider] Biography I am a Utah native, compete with the Utah Club Swim Team, and study mechanical engineering. I am working on structural analysis of wind turbines with the WET Lab. I plan to pursue […]
Byron is a Master Student that just joined us in order to develop some amazing research in our group. Byron grew up in Salt Lake City, UT, and he served in the United States Air Force for 6 years. He received a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Utah. His […]
Journal of Renewable Energy G. Cortina and M. Calaf Abstract Despite the evolution of wind turbines, the way in which in-situ meteorological information is obtained has not evolved much. Wind vane and cup anemometers, installed at the turbines nacelle, right behind the blades, are still used. This near-blade monitoring does not provide any time to […]
Journal of Renewable Energy G. Cortina ,V. Sharma, M. Calaf Regardless of the evolution of wind energy harvesting, the way in which turbines obtain in-situ meteorological information remains the same – i.e. using traditional wind vanes and cup anemometers installed at the turbine’s nacelle, right behind the blades. As a result, misalignment with the mean wind vector is […]
Gerard Cortina, Marc Calaf, and Raúl Bayoán Cal Phys. Rev. Fluids 1, 074402 (2016) A detailed control volume analysis of the flow around a wind turbine illustrates the dominant components of the mean kinetic energy budget as well as their corresponding spatial distribution.
The existence, the physical universe is basically playful. There is no necessity for it whatsoever. Is isn’t going anywhere… that is to say, it doesn’t have some destination that it ought to arrive at. But it is best understood with analogy with music. Because music, as an art form, is essentially playful. We say you […]
During the following days, 23-25 May of 2016, the Wind Energy & Turbulence group will be presenting the latest research results in the Winndfarms 2016 conference series, that will take place in Dallas (Texas). Windfarms 2016 is an international colloquium on large wind-power plants: Interaction, Control and Integration. To follow the events that will take place […]
Ph.D. Student Research Interests Fluid Mechanics | Atmospheric sciences | Turbulence | Atmospheric Boundary Layer | Large Eddy Simulations | [divider] Biography I come from Hoffman Estates Illinois, approximately 30 miles Northwest of Chicago. I attended North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where I received a Bachelor of Science in Physics. Currently I am doing […]
WET will be attending the upcoming American Physical Society 68th Annual DFD Meeting that will take place in Boston (Massachusetts) on November 22-24 of 2015. Meeting Website: https://apsdfd2015.mit.edu/
During the following days, 8-10 July of 2015, the Wind Energy & Turbulence group will be presenting the latest research results in the Winndfarms conference series, that will take place in Leuven (Belgium). Windfarms 2015 is an international colloquium on large wind-power plants: Interaction, Control and Integration. To follow the events that will take place […]
Hyunjin Lee, Ph.D. Principal Researcher CSP Technology Solar Thermal Lab Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) Friday, May 16, 2014 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Warnock Engineering Bldg. (WEB) 1450 In CSP technology, the concentrated solar radiation heats up a working fluid to drive turbines or engines for electricity generation. Thanks to indirect energy conversion based on […]
The U’s College of Engineering is one of 14 U.S. universities selected by the National Academy of Engineering to launch a Grand Challenge Scholars Program, or GCSP, this fall. The program is designed to prepare undergraduate engineering students to be “world changers” by building a portfolio of activities to create a signature experience. Students completing […]
Wall Street Journal reporter Lauren Weber writes, “Engineering grads of 2013, will still earn far higher salaries, on average, than the typical new college graduate, according to the latest salary survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which releases reports on the earnings of new graduates three times a year.” “The survey is […]
